tomskip Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I do wish people who want to have this sort of > conversation would try and find a specialist > corner of the internet where they can garner the > opinions of people who can actually make such a > choice. 80% at least (yes, even in ED) of parents > would not be able to give an informed opinion, > more like 93% nationally apparently. > > It's like coming on and saying "?500,000 house or > ?1 million house, which shall I buy?". Quite > crass. Well, as this is the East Dulwich Forum and there are a number of top private schools in East Dulwich, this is a perfectly legitimate place to ask such questions. My son is at one of these schools and 95% of his classmates and peers in his year group live in Dulwich, so there are a lot of local families who would be able to contribute as they are likely to have had the same discussion, as I know we did. If the subject of ?private schools? could be viewed as a trigger then the poster has helpfully included it in the subject so people can avoid the thread if they wish to/feel private school kids have a sense of superiority.